Monday, March 10, 2014

MONDAY MOP UP

GCH CH Claircreek’s Impression de Matisse

(photo by Lynda Beam)

We have finished up all our real life chores and ushered out some unexpected visitors and can now turn our attention to ur Monday Mop Up. This week was full of heavyweight match ups, fresh faces, and breakout performances.

Just a few hours south of this week’s giant Kentuckiana Cluster in Louisville KY, the Country Music Cluster in Franklin TN hosted several of the nation’s top dogs these past four days. Check our archives on the lower right side bar for Thursday’s & Friday’s results. The Portuguese Water Dog, GCH CH Claircreek’s Impression de Matisse, bolstered his Number One ranking by taking both Saturday’s Tullahoma Kennel Club of Tennessee BIS and Sunday’s Nashville Kennel Club BIS.

Sunday judge Barbara Dempsey Alderman would choose Matisse out of a lineup that included the Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Ashdown's Time to Thrill, the Smooth Dachshund, CH Marginns Fredricka V Rufknabe, the same Welsh Terrier, the Papillon, GCH CH Fenice Le Beaudreaux, the above named Standard Poodle, and her RBIS, the Old English Sheepdog, GCH CH Bugaboo’s Picture Perfect.

Matisse takes an impressive 2014 record of 22 BIS and 28 Working Groups into Louisville, where an entry of 12,500 dogs holds the potential of being a game changer for one or more of our hopefuls this year.

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The author has been attending dog shows as a spectator and exhibitor for over 45 years. He is a retired management consultant who has advised multiple organizations affiliated with the AKC and the Cat Fanciers Association on business management, long range planning, customer service, and legislative matters. After 25 years of living in the big cities of New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, he now resides in his hometown of Memphis, TN.

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